Improved washing-machine



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` Leners Patent No. 72,592. ma December 24, 1867.

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Be it known that I, W. E. BIRD, of West Bridgewater, in the county ofPly-mouth, and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Washing-Machines; `andI do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference markedthereon The nature of' my invention consists in an improved arrangementi'orattaching to an ordinary wash-tub adjustable levers and a dasher orplunger, the whole forming an improved washing-machine.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction Figure 1 represents in perspectivea view of an ordinary wash-tub with my invention attached. Figure 2 is avertical section of the same.

Figure 3 is a plan of the same. B, figs. 1 and 2, isa clasp or clampembracing the side ot the tub, and is sc'enred to the same by means ofthe clamp-screw C, iig. 2. To the upper end of this clump'I attach alever, H, by means ofthe joint D. K is a standard attached to theopposite end of lthe lever Hby the joint P, the standard K serving tooperate the plunger or dasher L, figs. 2 and 3. About midway of thelever H, I attach, by means of the pivot N, a shield or disk, M, thesaid shield having! upon its upper edge two sockets S S, through whichthe lever or handle R is passed. In the lower part of the shield M areperforations a a, &c.,'through which a pin, O, gs. 1 and 3, passes. Asthe pin O also passes through a hole in the lever H, it holds the shieldN, and, consequently, the lever or handle R, in position. To change theangle which the handle R makes with the lever H, I have simply to removeAthe piu O, and', having'rcvolved thev handle R around "the centre-pin Nuntil it assumes the desired position, that indicated by Ril, forinstance, replace the pinv O. The end of the lever H has twoprojectionsor stops, h h, hgs. 1 and 2, which strike againstcorresponding shoulders on B, tig. 2, so that when it is desirable totake the clothes out of the tub, the lever H may be raised up vandthrown back a little past the perpendicular, and be allowed torest on'the said projections and shoulders.

The advantagesthat I claim for my invention are, that it is cheap andsimple,- and when united with an i ordinarywashstub it forms a. completewashing-machine, and that the' handleR maybe made .to assume anyposition desirediby the operator. l

My invention possesses three desirable features, which I think giveit adistinctive character: rst, it may be combined with an ordinarywash-tub, and thus form a veryconvenien't and cheap washing-machine;second, the handle or lever by which it is operated may be set at anydesired angle, thus making it convenient for the operator; third, by thearrangement of the stops-h 7L, all of the working parts may, when raisedup out of the tub, be poised in a convenient position, as shown by thedotted lines in iig. 1. While standing in this position the stops h hwill rest against corresponding shoulder on B, and the dasher L issuspended over the tub', so allv the drip will fall into the tub.

Having thus described my invention, I will now proceed to set forth myclaims. What yI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is 1. The combination of the clamps B, thejoint D, and lever H,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth` .2. Theadjustable shield M, in combination withvthe handle R and lever H,substantially asdeseribed, and j for vthe purpose set forth.

W. E. BIRD.

Witnesses:

Taos. WM. CLARKE, WILLIAM Eason.

